Configuring Microsoft Exchange - client
These instructions will help you configure Microsoft Exchange/Windows Messaging to send and receive e-mail with your Bee.Net dial-up account.
In order to use Microsoft Exchange for your e-mail, (typically identified by the Inbox icon on your Desktop, you likely have installed either Microsoft Plus! or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Microsoft has acknowledged problems with Exchange/Windows Messaging and recommends instead that you use either Microsoft Internet Mail (included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x) or Outlook Express (included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x).
The first thing to do is open the Inbox. Next, open the Tools menu and select Services. Once your are in the Services window, click on Internet Mail and click the Properties button. Once you have done that, you will have the properties screen:
Full name: your real name
E-mail address: typically username@bee.net
Internet Mail server: bee.net
Account name: your username
Password: your password.
After you've filled out the form, click the Connection tab. On this screen you'll need to select Connect using the modem.
Where it says Dial using the following connection, select Bee.Net from the drop down listt. The list identifies the icons available in the Dial-Up Networking folder. If there are no connections for you to choose from, you need to setup your computer for connection to Bee.Net.
Microsoft Exchange should now be configured to receive mail from your Bee.Net account.